01.08.2023 New details of the persecution of artist Ales Pushkin: charges over iconic performance restaging and solitary confinement in pre-trial detention
Viasna continues to collect information about Pushkin's persecution, imprisonment, and death.
01.08.2023 Human rights defenders identify another 14 political prisoners
Human rights community demands the immediate release of all political prisoners and the end of political repression.
26.07.2023 #FreeViasna: Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
Leanid Sudalenka was released from jail while Viasna has been awarded another major human rights prize.
21.07.2023 Leanid Sudalenka: “My mother thought I was working abroad for 3 years”
First interview of the released human rights defender.
21.07.2023 Leanid Sudalenka released after serving jail term in full
Human rights defender has been held behind bars for two and a half years.
18.07.2023 Ales Puhkin's godmother Camilla Hansén: “I had really hoped that we should meet one day”
Viasna talked with Swedish MP about the life and works of Ales Pushkin and about her further actions.
14.07.2023 Pinchuk: “The painful ordeal fell not only on the human rights defenders, but also on the whole Belarusian people”
On the anniversary of the Viasna members' arrest, we publish the interview with Ales Bialiatski's wife.
11.07.2023 Political prisoner and artist Ales Pushkin dies in prison at 57
The human rights centre Viasna expresses condolences to Ales’ family and loved ones.
04.07.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: June 2023
Human rights defender Nasta Loika was sentenced to seven years in prison on arbitrary politically motivated charges.
04.07.2023 Demand adherence to Belarus' international obligations on sexual and reproductive rights: a joint statement by human rights organisations
The initiative of the Prosecutor General's Office is an unjustified interference of the state in the personal life of citizens.
30.06.2023 "I'm motivated by a fantasy that the Lukashenka regime will come crashing down before I finish my daily count". How an American supports political prisoners
Every day on his Twitter account, for over a year now, Ernie Barbarash has been sharing a short story about one of the Belarusian political prisoners and ways to support them. To learn more about Ernie Barbarash's connection to Belarus, why he started talking about political prisoners, and where he finds motivation for his work, read the interview in Viasna.
29.06.2023 Natallia Pinchuk in European Parliament: “Belarusian people did not submit. The events of 2020 are not forgotten.”
On June 28, the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights discussed the situation with human rights and political prisoners in Belarus.
26.06.2023 Pavel Sapelka: “Era of arbitrary rule will end, and those responsible will inevitably face the consequences”
An interview with the Viasna lawyer at the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
26.06.2023 Seven more people recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
23.06.2023 Political prisoners Matsvei Hrankevich, Aksana Zaretskaya and Illia Shapatkouski now have godparents from EU Parliament
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, three German MPs have taken on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
